Christie Asks for Stay of Gay Marriage Deadline

There are 58 comments on the
WKXW-FM Trenton
story from Oct 2, 2013, titled Christie Asks for Stay of Gay Marriage Deadline.
In it, WKXW-FM Trenton reports that:

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration on Tuesday asked a judge to delay implementation of her order that the state allow gay marriage until an appeal can be decided, saying the state will suffer "irreparable harm" if same-sex marriages are allowed without its highest court weighing in.

from the article, "The state, in its legal filing Friday, contended that it would be wrong for a lower-court judge to reverse policy made by lawmakers."OMG!!!!*WHY* do we have SO MANY IDIOTS in government that don't understand BASIC 8th GRADE CIVICS????It's the JOB of the judiciary to reverse policy made by lawmakers if the laws are unconstitutional!!!SO frustrating....

They haven't taught basic civics in grade school, jr. high school, nor high school in DECADES. The only way I got a basic education in how the federal government and state governments work was by taking elective courses in those subjects in college.

And although I consider myself more knowledgeable in those subjects than the average person, I was very surprised to learn just recently how the state legislature here is organized.

They just don't teach it anymore. So how are we supposed to have an informed electorate to make informed and wise decisions when they step into the voting booth and elect these BUMS ?!

What possible harm would come to the state by allowing same-sex couples to marry & get federal benefits? Especially considering they already supposedly get all the rights & benefits at the state level with their civil unions.

Poor Christie; he actually believes pandering to the anti-gays will win him the GOPasaur nomination in '16.

"Irreparable harm"?Seriously??What possible harm would come to the state by allowing same-sex couples to marry & get federal benefits? Especially considering they already supposedly get all the rights & benefits at the state level with their civil unions.Poor Christie; he actually believes pandering to the anti-gays will win him the GOPasaur nomination in '16.

Yep! If they didn't hate him before, they hated him after he selfishly met with Obama after Hurricane Sandy and blatantly handed the previously slam-dunk Republican presidential victory to Obama last year.

<quoted text>You freaks don't want to be treated equally, you want to be treated special.

You've just proven that you don't have a freaking clue about any of this.

"Special" is when one group is given rights that are denied to others. Like heterosexuals being given legal recognitions for their marriages, while same-sex couples are told their marriages are not legal.

"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional."

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